Side curtain support



G. W. SCOTT.

SIDE CURTAIN SUPPORT. APPLICATION FIL'ED DEC. 21. 192|.

Patented Oct. 10,

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Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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SIDE CURTAIN SUPPORT.`

Application filed December 27, 1921. SerialNo. 524,858.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE 7. SCOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Side Curtain Supports, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in side curtain supports for motor vehicles, particularly intended for supporting the curtains from the doors so that the curtains will open and close with the doors, the invention relating more particularly to the socket carried by the door in which the upright supporting rod is secured.

The object of my invention is to devise a socket of the character referred to which may be received in the body of the frame of the door whereby the major portion of the socket is concealed from view; a more specific object being to provide means for preventing the socket from turning in the bore of the frame part which receives it.

A further object of the invention is to provide a structure of the character described which will be simple in its construction and arrangement and effective in arrangement.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. l is an elevation of the inner side of a portion of a vehicle body and one of its doors showing my improvements applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Fig.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the socket and a portion of the supporting rod.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4--1 of FiO'. 3.

F ig. 5 is a section on the line 5--5 of Fior. 3.

Fteferring to the drawings, l represents a portion of the vehicle body; 2 the wooden frame of one of the doors, 3 the outer panel of the door; 4C a covering of leather or other material for the inner side of the door, and 5 a metallic strip which covers the upper edge of the door.

My improved socket is preferably formed from a single piece of sheet metal stamped to form a flared overhanging rim 6, a circular neck 7, and a depending triangular shaped socket body 8, the entire structure being split throughout its length.V

The socket proper on the line of the split is also formed with flanges 8a bent at rightangles to the split wall of the socket as shown best in Fig. 5 and the lower portion of each of these flanges 8a is inclined as indicated at 8b. The neck 7 is provided with a series of ribs 9 equally spaced about the circumference thereof.

The supporting rod for the curtain l0 is indicated at 1l and the lower end of this rod is bent rearwardly and inwardly and terminates in a triangular shaped downwardlyextending shank lla which conforms to the shape of the socket 8.

In installing my improvements the strip 5 is drilled to provide an opening 5a and the upper bar of the frame 2 at a suitable point removed from the forward edge of the door is likewise provided with a vertical cylindrical bore 2 of a diameter substantially equal to the greatest width of the socket body 8 minus the rib for the flange 8EL so that when the socket is inserted in the bore the rib will cut a groove in the wall of the bore as shown in Fig. 2 thus firmly securing the socket in position in the frame so far as any rotary movement is concerned. The opening 5LL in the strip 5 must be made large enough to permit the passage of the socket portion and its rib, and the ribs 9 on the cylindrical portion 7 fit the walls of this opening to thereby assist in bracing and holding the socket firmly in position.

By the construction described, it will also be seen that after the socket is inserted in the door frame, with the flanges embedded in the wall of the bore of the frame, the walls of the socket will be prevented from spreading, thus permitting the shank of the curtain support to fit tightly therein.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: l

l. In a device of the character described, the combination, with a hinged door, of a socket member formed of a single piece of metal with a split wall, said split wall having laterally bent ianges, the frame of the door being provided with a bore to receive said socket member, said flanges when the socket is inserted being arranged to be driven into the wall of said bore, for the purpose specified.

2. In a structure of the character described, the combination, with a hinged door having a wooden frame and a metal strip along the top edge thereof, of a socket formed of a single piece of metal and havlOO ing a flared outer rim, a neck and a Socket body, the structure being Split throughout its length, sai-d body portion being formed along the line of the split with projecting flanges, the door traine and the said strip being bored to receive said structure, said flanges being caused to cut a groove in the Walls of the bore of the Wooden frame When the structure is inserted, and a plurality of ribs on said neck arranged to fit the Walls 10 of the bore through said metal strip.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto Set my hand this 20th day of December, 1921. Y GEORGE l/V. SCOTT. 

